Sentence examples for Scant chance from inspiring English sources

There was scant chance anyway that the motion would get the required 75% of votes.

However, there is scant chance of getting any deal through Congress without such sweeteners.

But there is scant chance, even with that extension, of a two-state deal being done.

Still, even Mr. Roubini sees scant chance of the United States following Japan's path.

A business executive who is the third major candidate, Hakainda Hichilema, appeared to stand scant chance of winning.

As a four-year-old in Oxford, I had scant chance of knowing what the Himalayas looked like.

Indeed, he confessed that he had long wished for such an appointment, but recounted a conversation with one of his three sons some time ago about his scant chances of making it.

"Snarlin' Arlen" was his nickname on Capitol Hill, and his inability to practice touchy-feely politics, and the mistrust he inspired on both left and right, doomed what scant chances he had in his lone presidential bid, for the 1966 Republican nomination.

"I have taken it as far as I can in the British courts, but have scant chances of winning when the judges do not play by the rules.

I'd suggest that the bill be expanded to include brokerage disputes, but this bill has a scant enough chance of passing as it is.

With their scant playoff chances demanding a victory, the Nets fell into a fourth-quarter haze and surrendered an 18-point lead with less than nine minutes to play in losing to the lowly Denver Nuggets.